Abu Dhabi City Golf Club

Note: the course has re-opened for visitors, with social distancing and Covid-19 safety guidelinesTee off with Abu Dhabi's soaring skyline as a backdrop, or lengthen your day by booking a twilight round under the city's night sky. The UAE capital's first nine-hole facility, also known as ‘The People's Golf Course', offers golfers a playing environment unlike any other in the emirate.

Open to members and visitors, the club - which has the only two-tiered driving range in Abu Dhabi - sits conveniently in the heart of the city and is an ideal venue to escape the hustle and bustle, or cap off a day of business meetings or sightseeing. Crucially for business travellers, overhead lights cater for tee-times until 9 pm.

With the club celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2011, the notoriously difficult test through Holes 7-9 has not got any easier with the passage of time. Dubbed ‘Amen Corner' by locals, the Par 3, Par 5 and Par 4 trio is arguably Abu Dhabi's closest match to the harrowing Holes 11-13 stretch at Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters. Elsewhere, newly re-laid greens and a brand new fleet of GPS-equipped golf carts add to a compelling urban golf experience that is only a 10-minute drive from Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. After your round, players can also unwind, relax and dine on the club's bustling outdoor Pavilion, which features terrific course views.

Great course good lighting at night. Layout could be confusing first time out but was placed with 2 members which I was dubious about I’m high handicap and these guys where like 6 ! But they was great guys very helpful and actually improved my game. And never seemed agitated when I did a few fluff shots slowing them down.